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UGA has been an incredible school. School pride and tradition are huge, especially during football season. It is a big school, but with plenty of opportunities to make it smaller. The honors program, for example, offers smaller classes and many academic opportunities not available to other students. Athens is an awesome college town. Bars, restaurants, coffee houses, and the nearby state botanical gardens means that anyone can find something to do when they want to get away. I spend much of my time in the libraries on campus because I am a pre-med student and therefore always have work to do. The libraries are equipped with coffee shops, cafeterias, and vending machines, ensuring you'll have everything you need for a long night of studying.

I love UGA. It's a college where you're surrounded by thousands of intelligent students (both graduate and undergraduate) and you have the opportunity to meet so many people and get involved in hundreds of University activities. As far the school's size, that purely depends on the person and their preference. I think it's a great size for a University because you have the ability to feel like you are an a huge school setting walking through campus and sitting in lecture halls but then you also have classes that can make the student feel as if they are in a small school setting and simply walking through your dorm, you can create a close knit group of friends. UGA has plenty of places to go whether on or off campus. If I am on campus, I spend a lot of my time at the Tate Center, Miller Learning Center, or in my friend's dorm or my dorm, oh and the DINING HALLS. If I decide to go off campus, I can go to the restaurants right my the high rise dorms to grab some fro-yo or papa johns pizza and more. Those are for those nights where all the dining halls have closed except Snelling but you don't feel like going across campus for some food. A great place to spend the day (though a car makes this easier to do) is Beechwood Shopping Center where the movie theatre is, clothing stores (if you don't want to go to the mall), grocery stores, restaurants, and most importantly MENCHIE'S, the best frozen yogurt around. If you come to UGA, whether you go to the games, swim meets, gymnastic tournaments, tennis matches, etc...or none of the above, it's very unlikely that you wouldn't be walking around campus with UGA pride. I haven't met anyone who doesn't love UGA, and that's saying something because I've met ALOT of people.

I was hesitant about going to UGA at first, because so mny people from my high school were also attending, but now that I've experienced all the opporunities that come with the Honors Program and living away from the freshman dorms, I wouldn't have it any other way.

The best thing about UGA is you can never pick just one answer. There are so many options. Our campus is amazing. Downtown Athens is the ultimate college town. There is a niche or organization for anyone who wants to find people with similar interests as them. UGA really is the ultimate college experience, and I think that is probably the best thing about it. If you want to be involved in a lot of different organizations, you are at the right school If you want to party, you are at the right school. If you want to build your resume, you are at the right school. If you want to be well-prepared for your career & have an amazing alumni network, you are at the right school.

I am proud to be a Georgia graduate. It is the most well rounded institution for in-state students to select because of its competitive applicant pool and vast variety of activities on or near campus. The administration hears our cries- Dr. Rodney Bennett in particular. Though President Adams isn't a fan favorite across campus, he has a vision for our school that will drive us to the level of a UVA or UNC higher education.

WHen first hearing that UGA is a campus of 30,000+ people, it seems a very intimidating. However, now having spent 3 semesters there... I can honestly say that the schhol is as large or small as you make it. The more involved you get, the smaller it seems. I always imagined that I would walk from class to class not seeing anyone I knew all day long, but this simply isn't true. I constantly run into friends throughout my days. If you don't put yourself out there and meet people, then yes... the school is big, uninviting, and scary... but who's fault is that?

It's a large school for people who like anonimity and seeing new faces everyday. you may not see the same face twice. there is so much going on for every type of interest. This is the greatest college town (Athens) you will come across. It was the first public university chartered in like 1750s by King George. There's a lot of history on this campus (civil rights..etc...)

Best college town, cheap cost of living, decent weather except for humidity, a place for everyone, but you have to get up off your ass to find that place.

the football is great, academics are good

I love Georgia, everything about it. Sometimes I do not like my big 300 people lecture classes and I wish that I could get to know my professors a little more. UGA is huge, but it honestly does not feel as big as it is. When I tell people that I go to UGA they almost always congratulate me. Athens is definitely a college town; everything about it is amazing. There is always something to do and someone to hang out with. It is pretty hard to be bored. School pride is everywhere. Athens is bulldawg country.